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http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-real-story-behind-chelsea-handlers-topless-photo-removed-by-instagram-2015-2Here's the real story behind Chelsea Handler's topless photo that was removed by Instagramhttp://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-real-story-behind-chelsea-handlers-topless-photo-removed-by-instagram-2015-2
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:50:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p>In November, Chelsea Handler took it upon herself to recreate this viral photo of <span>Russian president Vladimir Putin riding a horse without his shirt.</span></p>
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Sorry, switching my Fantasy Football Halftime Show picks: Liza on Vocals, Lucasfilm on Ewoks, Putin on Horseback. <a href="http://t.co/gAGhY2yYtd">pic.twitter.com/gAGhY2yYtd</a> </p>— Mo Rocca (@MoRocca) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/561902241368776706">February 1, 2015</a>
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<p class="embed-spacer">The 39-year-old comedian posted the below to her <a href="https://instagram.com/chelseahandler/" target="_blank">1.5 million Instagram followers</a> (we've cropped <a href="https://twitter.com/Celebzter/status/528259049934958593" target="_blank">the photo</a> here), but the photo-sharing app apparently didn't appreciate her humor.</p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54e754a6eab8ead175d8ea8a-887-148/screen%20shot%202015-02-20%20at%2010.36.21%20am.png" border="0" alt="Putin Chelsea Handler"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Just 30 minutes after Handler posted the photo, Instagram removed it, saying she </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">had violated the app's terms of service.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54e75689ecad04e113e01aa9-893-530/screen%20shot%202015-02-20%20at%2010.44.46%20am.png" border="0" alt="Screen Shot 2015 02 20 at 10.44.46 AM"></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Handler doesn't like being told what she can and cannot do.</span></span></p>
<p>She responded by posting the photo twice more, and both times Instagram responded by swiftly removing the photo.</p>
<p>In the captions, Handler wrote, "If a man posts a photo of his nipples, it’s ok, but not a woman? Are we in 1825?" <span>And then later, "If Instagram takes this down again, you’re saying Vladimir Putin has more 1st amendment rights than I do."</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">During the <a href="http://recode.net/2015/02/18/chelsea-handler-on-why-she-went-to-netflix-i-want-to-grow-up/" target="_blank">Code Media conference</a> on Wednesday, Handler explained her back-and-forth fight with Instagram.</span></p>
<p>"I wasn’t trying to look fantastic, that’s just a by-product," she joked. "I’m also not trying to sexualize myself. I was in Chile, and my cousin and I were riding a horse, and I said, 'Let’s make fun of that Putin photo where he’s topless!’ So my cousin put [the photos] side by side with an app, because I’m a Luddite when it comes to tech, and then she said, 'Oh my God, your picture was removed.'"</p>
<p>"Why?" Handler said. "He’s topless. Is it because I have nipples? Is it because they’re bigger? Because there’s meat around them? … So I thought, that’s such a silly thing to do. And not long after, Kim Kardashian showed her whole naked body and her whole ass and — she’s a mother! I’m not a mother."</p>
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<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Instagram let the Kardashian <a href="https://instagram.com/p/vTfsQso5PU/?modal=true" target="_blank">comparison photo stay</a>. It has nearly 240,000 likes.</span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer">But Handler takes pleasure in testing Instagram's limits.</p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><span>"I’m sure there were discussions within the walls of Instagram, which also gives me a thrill, that they had to sit there and talk about my ass," she told Re/code’s<span> Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka during the conference.</span></span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><span><span>And while she may clash with Instagram, Handler is a huge fan of Twitter.</span></span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><span><span><span>"Twitter’s my new best friend, because I went from Twitter to Instagram, and Twitter seemed a little bit older, and then I went back to Twitter because they don’t have a problem with nudity."</span></span></span></p>
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You can now find my dogs and my breasts on Twitter only where my followers have the right to choose… <a href="http://t.co/mt4fcOfLEL">http://t.co/mt4fcOfLEL</a> </p>— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/528188483031281664">October 31, 2014</a>
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<p>But Handler is actually a fan of tech startups in general.</p>
<p>"What I love about Silicon Valley is the energy. You walk into these offices and everybody’s working on something," she said.</p>
<p>"Well," she added, "they <em>do</em> seem to play ping-pong a lot."</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-slams-e-talks-netflix-show-2015-2" >Chelsea Handler slams E!, says her Netflix show will be a cooler version of '60 Minutes'</a></strong></p>
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Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:18:53 -0500Aly Weisman
<p><span><span><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/533decdc6bb3f753630c755f-800-/screen%20shot%202014-04-03%20at%207.20.02%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler Chelsea Lately" width="800">Chelsea Handler's upcoming Netflix talk show will be nothing like "Chelsea Lately," the E! talk show she hosted for seven years.</span></span></p>
<p><span>"I’m so much smarter than that show was, and I wanted to be on a show that was smarter than I was," Handler told Re/code’s Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka during the <a href="http://recode.net/2015/02/18/chelsea-handler-on-why-she-went-to-netflix-i-want-to-grow-up/" target="_blank">Code/Media conference</a> this week.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Handler compared her experience at E! to being in junior high, with "people running around, throwing food, making jokes about celebrities that are stupid."</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>"I don’t want to have to read the New York Post, or pick up a Star magazine to read about Bruce Jenner — I don’t care," Handler added. "I don’t care, and I can say that, and I’m allowed to be honest about it."</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In August, Handler bid a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handlers-a-list-final-e-show-2014-8" target="_blank">star-studded farewell</a> to the E! network after signing a reported <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-netflix-10-million-2014-8" target="_blank">$10 million deal with Netflix</a>&nbsp;to star in&nbsp;<span>four "docu-comedy" specials in 2015 and a talk show in 2016.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54e74f1769bedd8c556dff08-1200-924/chelsea-handler-netflix.jpg" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler netflix">At Netflix, Handler says, "</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">It’s such a different relationship than with E!; it’s nice to be involved in a show where I do respect their opinions. It’s like going out with a guy that you’re proud to be seen with."</span></p>
<p>But Handler is taking her time to develop her new talk show.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"We don’t have a clear idea of what my talk show will be like in 2016," Handler said, "but I know what I don’t want to do and what I do want to do. I don’t want it to be just my audience that was at E!. I want to grow up."</span></p>
<p><span><span>Handler said she would like the show to include a "healthy mix of everything going on in the world,"&nbsp;<span>mentioning Syria and ISIS as potential subjects, "mixed with interesting stuff in our country."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>She says the tagline could be: "The well-roundedness of '60 Minutes' but faster, quicker, cooler." She also compared it to<span>&nbsp;"The Daily Show" in its focus on current events.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span>"I want correspondents going out in the field, getting information," Handler added. "And I don’t necessarily need it to be the same thing. It could be three nights a week. We have a lot of conversations about it."</span></span></p>
<p><span>Hey Chelsea, we hear Jon Stewart is <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-is-leaving-the-daily-show-2015-2" target="_blank">looking for a replacement</a>.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-netflix-10-million-2014-8" >Chelsea Handler Is Reportedly Making $10 Million For New Netflix Deal</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>MORE:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handlers-a-list-final-e-show-2014-8" >Chelsea Handler's Final E! Show Draws Tons Of A-List Stars </a></strong></p>
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Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:39:12 -0400Caroline Moss
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5454eec26bb3f7ce36047180-1200-924/chelsea-handler-11.jpg" border="0" alt="chelsea handler"></p><p>Chelsea Handler wants to take it all off, but Instagram is putting a hard stop to the comedian's efforts.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Now Handler is convinced: the popular photo-sharing app is sexist.</span></p>
<p><span>It all began when Handler decided to 'gram a photo of herself topless while riding a horse, a la the now infamous photo of Russian president&nbsp;Vladimir Putin riding a horse sans shirt. </span></p>
<p><span>She posted the photo, which stayed up for 30 minutes before being removed by Instagram, which said Handler had violated the app's terms of service.</span></p>
<p><span class="float_left"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5454ecc1eab8eafb4bd6ebd3-1037-684/screen shot 2014-11-01 at 10.21.13 am.png" border="0" alt="Putin Horse"></span><a href="http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/chelsea-handler-calls-instagram-policies-sexist">MSNBC reports,</a></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span><span>Handler responded by posting the photo twice more, and both times Instagram responded by swiftly removing the photo. </span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span><span>In the captions, Handler wrote, “If a man posts a photo of his nipples, it’s ok, but not a woman? Are we in 1825?”</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">And then later, “If Instagram takes this down again, you’re saying Vladimir Putin has more 1st amendment rights than I do.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span>Handler decided to take her plight to Twitter, tweeting the photo with the caption:“Taking this down is sexist. I have every right to show I have a better body than Putin.”</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p>You can now find my dogs and my breasts on Twitter only where my followers have the right to choose… <a href="http://t.co/mt4fcOfLEL">http://t.co/mt4fcOfLEL</a></p>
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) <a href="https://twitter.com/chelseahandler/status/528188483031281664">October 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:35:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/53fde2f4eab8ea4009a8e800-1912-1000/screen shot 2014-08-27 at 9.12.23 am.png" border="0" alt="sandra bullock jennifer aniston chelsea handler" style="color: #000000;">Jennifer Aniston,&nbsp;Sandra Bullock, and&nbsp;Mary McCormack all appeared on Chelsea Handler's final "Chelsea Lately" episode Tuesday night on E! to bid adieu to their late-night host friend.</span></p>
<p>But it wasn't just a goodbye after seven years on the air, it was also an intervention.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>McCormack, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005203/" target="_blank">an actress</a> and Handler's BFF, started by joking about that the comedian's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-netflix-10-million-2014-8" target="_parent">move to Netflix</a> is code for rehab:</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"I urge you to get help. So if you have to tell the world that you're 'going to Netflix' for a little while, I think everyone supports you and everyone will understand. Netflix is a wonderful facility where you will be able to get all the help you need. So, if you want, Jen, Sandy, and I have arranged a plane to take you to Netflix as soon as the show wraps tonight."</p>
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<p><strong>Jennifer Aniston followed up by exclaiming:</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Chelsea, you steal everything I do! I went to Cabo, you went to Cabo. I introduce you to my yoga teacher, you stole my yoga teacher! I got a knee injury, you got a knee injury. I cut my&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">hair, you cut your hair."<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/53fdead0eab8ea7e2ba8e800-1200-600/screen shot 2014-08-27 at 10.26.12 am.png" border="0" alt="Jennifer Aniston chelsea lately"></span></p>
<p><strong>Then it was Sandra Bullock's turn for the friend intervention:</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"After you made me clean out your office today, I came across some items that both horrified and made me concerned for your overall well being. I found these lesbian boots... just stop teasing the lesbian community and let them fly free. Another thing I found? Steroids! Chelsea, aren't you m<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">asculine enough?!"</span></p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53fde2f4eab8ea9a05a8e806-1911-1002/screen shot 2014-08-27 at 9.25.14 am.png" border="0" alt="sandra bullock jennifer aniston chelsea handler" style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53fde2f469bedd2b436e0e17-1912-945/screen shot 2014-08-27 at 9.26.55 am.png" border="0" alt="sandra bullock jennifer aniston chelsea handler" style="color: #000000;">"<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You're not funny, you're not hip," Bullock continued, "but there was one point in your life when you were somewhat cool back in the day but you kind of blew that one...&nbsp;</span></p>
<p>And I'm talking about when you let this guy go!"</p>
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53fde2f469bedd814c6e0e0c-1915-965/screen shot 2014-08-27 at 9.29.01 am.png" border="0" alt="sandra bullock jennifer aniston chelsea handler"></p>
<p><strong>Handler looked genuinely surprised and happy to see her ex-boyfriend, rapper 50 Cent.</strong><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53fde2f5ecad04245fb9b5fa-1914-973/screen shot 2014-08-27 at 9.29.28 am.png" border="0" alt="sandra bullock jennifer aniston chelsea handler"><strong>Cue the commercial break.</strong><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53fde2f569bedd664e6e0e08-1915-1010/screen shot 2014-08-27 at 9.29.57 am.png" border="0" alt="sandra bullock jennifer aniston chelsea handler"></p>
<p><strong>Watch the full segment below:</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Celebrities&nbsp;Gwen Stefani,&nbsp;Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Justin Theroux, and others also stopped by Handler's final E! show.</strong><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53fdec626bb3f7073dc6707e-560-415/rs_560x415-140826225232-chelsea_bye_560.jpg" border="0" alt="chelsea handler final show" width="800"></p>
<p><strong>They all sang a "Heal The World"-type farewell to the late-night host. Here's all of the stars who participated:</strong></p>
<p>Gwen Stefani,&nbsp;Jennifer Aniston,&nbsp;Sandra Bullock, Ellen DeGeneres, Miley Cyrus, 50 Cent, Justin Theroux, Ben Falcone, Melissa McCarthy, Joe Manganiello, Leah Remini, Selena Gomez,&nbsp;Gerard Butler, Minnie Driver, Kristen Chenoweth, Trace Adkins, Avril Lavigne, James Van Der Beek, Rachel Bilson, Mary McCormack, Kelly Osbourne, Helen Hunt, Sheila E, Richard Marx, Kathryn Hahn, Johnny Knoxville, Tim Gunn, Anna Faris, Gabriel Iglesias, Chloe Grace Moretz, Buzz Aldrin, Sammy Hagar, Vanessa Hudgens, Sophia Bush, Jenny &amp; Jason Biggs, Allison Janney, Alessandra Ambrosio, Kathy Griffin, Kevin Nealon, Marlee Matlin, Leann Rimes,&nbsp;Diablo Cody, Josh Gad, David Hasselhoff, Kate Flannery, Dave Grohl, T.J. Miller, Nev Schulman, Ron Funches, Joel McHale, Alanis Morissette and more.</p>
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<p><strong>Ellen DeGeneres even made a funny cameo confronting Handler about why she was never invited on the show.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>After the show, Handler posted to Instagram this photo with the caption, "It's over."</strong><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53fde9abecad04e67cb9b5fa-609-608/screen shot 2014-08-27 at 10.21.41 am.png" border="0" alt="chelsea handler dogs"></p>
<p>Handler is leaving E! for a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-netflix-10-million-2014-8#ixzz3BbAQrOub" target="_blank">$10 million Netflix deal</a>&nbsp;that includes&nbsp;a stand up special in October, four "docu-comedies," and a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-signs-chelsea-handler-2014-6" target="_blank">2016 talk show</a>.<img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53fdf03fecad04d61ab9b5fc-618-400/chelsea-lately-finale-618x400.jpg" border="0" alt="Chelsea Lately finale "></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-netflix-10-million-2014-8#ixzz3BbAQrOub" >Chelsea Handler Is Reportedly Making $10 Million For New Netflix Deal</a></strong></p>
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Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:35:00 -0400Kirsten Acuna
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53397d906bb3f7ea03849e30-1200-924/chelsea-handler-3.jpg" border="0" alt="chelsea handler">It pays to head to online television.</span></p>
<p><span><span>TV Guide released its&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Highest-Paid-TV-Stars-1085736.aspx">annual salary list</a> revealing how much TV's top stars earn. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span>According to the five-page report,&nbsp;Chelsea Handler will be making a whopping $10 million for her new Netflix deal.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Handler's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-signs-chelsea-handler-2014-6">Netflix deal</a>&nbsp;comprises of a talk show which is expected to be the online service's first foray into scheduled programming, a stand-up comedy performance in October, and four "docu-comedy" specials in 2015.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Last year, TV Guide reported Handler's salary for E!'s "Chelsea Lately," at&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tv-host-paychecks-2013-2013-8?#tied-17-chelsea-handler-8-million-5">$8 million</a><span>.&nbsp;<span>In 2012, the New York Post named Handler one of the&nbsp;</span><span></span><a href="http://nypost.com/2012/07/16/chelsea-handler-overpaid-ashton-kutcher-underpaid-report/">most overpaid TV stars</a><span>&nbsp;estimating her paycheck at $12 million per year.</span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span><span>The $10 million tag would be in line with the salaries of network late-night talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon ($11 million) and Jimmy Kimmel ($10 million).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Meanwhile, TV Guide reports late-night host John Oliver makes $2 million for his weekly HBO series, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You can check out more salaries from TV Guide's salary issue </span><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Highest-Paid-TV-Stars-1085736.aspx">here</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handlers-netflix-talk-show-2014-7" >Here's how Netflix plans to destroy late-night talk shows</a></strong></p>
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Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:35:00 -0400Kirsten Acuna
<p><span><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53397d906bb3f7ea03849e30-1200-924/chelsea-handler-3.jpg" border="0" alt="chelsea handler">It pays to head to online television.</span></p>
<p><span><span>TV Guide released its&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Highest-Paid-TV-Stars-1085736.aspx">annual salary list</a> revealing how much TV's top stars earn. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span>According to the five-page report,&nbsp;Chelsea Handler will be making a whopping $10 million for her new Netflix deal.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Handler's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-signs-chelsea-handler-2014-6">Netflix deal</a>&nbsp;comprises of a talk show which is expected to be the online service's first foray into scheduled programming, a stand-up comedy performance in October, and four "docu-comedy" specials in 2015.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Last year, TV Guide reported Handler's salary for E!'s "Chelsea Lately," at&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tv-host-paychecks-2013-2013-8?#tied-17-chelsea-handler-8-million-5">$8 million</a><span>.&nbsp;<span>In 2012, the New York Post named Handler one of the&nbsp;</span><span></span><a href="http://nypost.com/2012/07/16/chelsea-handler-overpaid-ashton-kutcher-underpaid-report/">most overpaid TV stars</a><span>&nbsp;estimating her paycheck at $12 million per year.</span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span><span>The $10 million tag would be in line with the salaries of network late-night talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon ($11 million) and Jimmy Kimmel ($10 million).&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Meanwhile, TV Guide reports late-night host John Oliver makes $2 million for his weekly HBO series, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You can check out more salaries from TV Guide's salary issue </span><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Highest-Paid-TV-Stars-1085736.aspx">here</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handlers-netflix-talk-show-2014-7" >Here's how Netflix plans to destroy late-night talk shows</a></strong></p>
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Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:35:00 -0400Kirsten Acuna
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53397d906bb3f7ea03849e30-1200-924/chelsea-handler-3.jpg" border="0" alt="chelsea handler" /></p><p>At the end of March, it was announced Chelsea Handler&nbsp;will&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3">leave her late-night talk show "Chelsea Lately"</a>&nbsp;at E! after eight years.</p>
<p>Less than three months later,&nbsp;she&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-signs-chelsea-handler-2014-6">signed a deal with Netflix</a>&nbsp;to air a stand-up comedy performance in October, film four "docu-comedy" specials for the streaming service for 2015, and launch a talk show the following year.</p>
<p>Unlike Netflix's other original series, Handler's new talk show will be the first program to be released during a specific time block. Other than that, no one really knows much about how the late-night host's new show will work online.</p>
<p>During Tuesday's <a href="http://youtu.be/c6B_8J1-70g?t=33m43s">Q2 earnings call for the company</a>, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos gave a better idea of what a Chelsea Handler talk show on Netflix will be like. Specifically, he noted the series will take into account the way people watch late-night TV today which is often after the show airs in the evening.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"People are not watching scripted programming the way they used to. They're also not watching these late-night talk shows the way they used to, meaning they're not watching them at 11:30. They're watching them days, weeks, sometimes months later online or on stacked episodes on DVR. So what we are hoping to do with Chelsea and her team is create a show that&rsquo;s built closer to the way people are going to watch it, the way we had done with serialized dramas where we to took out the commercial breaks and the cliffhangers and really produce it for the way people watch. And we've got a lot of time between now and then to work through all the format details. Chelsea is incredibly excited and we're really excited about her brand and we think it&rsquo;s going to be great for us."</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/people-love-working-with-joss-whedon-2014-7" >Why people love working with "Avengers" director Joss Whedon</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:41:00 -0400Kirsten Acuna
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53397d906bb3f7ea03849e30-1200-924/chelsea-handler-3.jpg" border="0" alt="chelsea handler" /></p><p>At the end of March, it was announced Chelsea Handler&nbsp;will&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3">leave her late-night talk show "Chelsea Lately"</a>&nbsp;at E! after eight years.</p>
<p>Less than three months later,&nbsp;she&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-signs-chelsea-handler-2014-6">signed a deal with Netflix</a>&nbsp;to air a stand-up comedy performance in October, film four "docu-comedy" specials for the streaming service for 2015, and launch a talk show the following year.</p>
<p>Unlike Netflix's other original series, Handler's new talk show will be the first program to be released during a specific time block. Other than that, no one really knows much about how the late-night host's new show will work online.</p>
<p>During Tuesday's <a href="http://youtu.be/c6B_8J1-70g?t=33m43s">Q2 earnings call for the company</a>, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos gave a better idea of what a Chelsea Handler talk show on Netflix will be like. Specifically, he noted the series will take into account the way people watch late-night TV today which is often after the show airs in the evening.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"People are not watching scripted programming the way they used to. They're also not watching these late-night talk shows the way they used to, meaning they're not watching them at 11:30. They're watching them days, weeks, sometimes months later online or on stacked episodes on DVR. So what we are hoping to do with Chelsea and her team is create a show that&rsquo;s built closer to the way people are going to watch it, the way we had done with serialized dramas where we to took out the commercial breaks and the cliffhangers and really produce it for the way people watch. And we've got a lot of time between now and then to work through all the format details. Chelsea is incredibly excited and we're really excited about her brand and we think it&rsquo;s going to be great for us."</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/people-love-working-with-joss-whedon-2014-7" >Why people love working with "Avengers" director Joss Whedon</a></strong></p>
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Thu, 19 Jun 2014 10:13:36 -0400Aaron Taube
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/53a2ed20eab8ea7a376c4131-598-449/chelsea-handler-10.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler" /></p><p>Netflix has <a href="https://pr.netflix.com/WebClient/getNewsSummary.do?newsId=1356">signed a deal with Chelsea Handler</a>.</p>
<p>She will be doing a stand up special in October for Netflix, then four "docu-comedies" in 2015, then in 2016, she'll do a talk show.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">In addition to giving Handler's fans a reason to subscribe, the move is significant for Netflix because the talk show will be the service's first attempt at regularly-scheduled original programming.</span></p>
<p>Until now, when Netflix has created original TV shows like "Orange is the New Black" and "House of Cards," it has released entire seasons of the programs all at once.</p>
<p>In doing so, the service has highlighted one of its major perceived advantages over television: that viewers can "binge watch" episodes of a given show on demand instead of having to wait for a weekly episode to air at a specific time.</p>
<p>While Netflix has not stated how frequently Handler's new talk show will air &mdash; "Chelsea Lately" is broadcast daily from Monday through Friday &mdash; the topical nature of talk shows indicates that Netflix would have to use some sort of recurring schedule.</p>
<p>If the experiment is successful, it would stand to reason that Netflix could branch out into other time-specific areas of programming that have previously been the domain of television (for instance, news).</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-signs-chelsea-handler-2014-6#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-talk-show-2014-5Chelsea Handler Leaving E! Talk Show In Augusthttp://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-talk-show-2014-5
Wed, 28 May 2014 16:02:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53863e3569bedd41194e37e1-387-290/chelsea-handler-chelsea-lately-4.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler Chelsea Lately" /></p><p>"Chelsea Lately" host Chelsea Handler will officially be leaving the E! network&nbsp;<span>on August 26.</span></p>
<p><span>&ldquo;I myself am more surprised than anyone that I was able to hold down a job for seven years, and it was a fantastic seven years,&rdquo; said Handler, <a href="http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/chelsea-handler-to-leave-e-talk-show-in-late-august-1201195177/" target="_blank">in a prepared statement</a>. &ldquo;I will always look back at my time on E! as most people look back at their time in college. I&rsquo;m glad I went.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span>The late night host's departure, which comes ahead of her contract being up at the end of the year, marks<span>&nbsp;the first time the time slot will be without a female-led talk show in seven years.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&ldquo;We are very proud of &rsquo;Chelsea Lately&rsquo;s&rsquo; long-running success and the unique space that the series carved out in late night television,&rdquo; said&nbsp;Suzanne Kolb, president of the network, in a statement.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But Handler has been increasingly vocal about her desire to leave E! Entertainment.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">While <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3" target="_blank">on Howard Stern's radio show</a> in March, Handler called E! "a sad, sad place to live,&rdquo; adding, &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t know what they&rsquo;re doing. They have no ideas. It&rsquo;s a failure.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>Handler said on Stern&rsquo;s show that she may want to change mediums to a forum like Netflix, which could be a good move considering her no holds barred sense of humor.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In the meantime,&nbsp;<span>&ldquo;</span>Chelsea Lately<span>&rdquo; will continue to run original episodes until its finale.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">E! </span><a href="http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/chelsea-handler-to-leave-e-talk-show-in-late-august-1201195177/" target="_blank">tells Variety</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> that the last month of the show will feature special guests and special episodes. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Starting August 27, an updated version of E! News will air&nbsp;in the network&rsquo;s 11 p.m. timeslot.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3#ixzz332dO3oGc" >Chelsea Handler Leaving E!, But Has '7 Suitors' Lined Up </a></strong></p>
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Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:50:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/535e728869bedd4c1a9c9161-800-/chelsea-handler-chelsea-lately-1.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler Chelsea Lately" width="800" /></p><p></p>
<p>After Chelsea Handler called E! Entertainment <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3" target="_blank">"a&nbsp;</a><span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3" target="_blank">sad place to live" and a "failure"</a> while on "The Howard Stern Show" last month,</span>&nbsp;the "Chelsea Lately" host has made it clear she won't renew her contract with the network when it is up at the end of the year.</p>
<p>Handler's new manager, Irving Azoff, has since said that the comedian has <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3#ixzz30C7Wrt00" target="_blank">"7 suitors" lined up</a>, but that she would likely leave&nbsp;<span>television and head to radio or another digital service.</span></p>
<p><span>Cue Netflix.</span></p>
<p>On Sunday, <a href="http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/netflix-close-to-deal-on-new-chelsea-handler-show/" target="_blank">The New York Post</a> reported that&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&ldquo;Handler has a deal with Netflix, but the format is to be decided,&rdquo; according to a source close to the talks.</span></p>
<p>A <a href="http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/chelsea-handler-in-talks-with-netflix-for-show-1201165456/" target="_blank">Variety source</a>&nbsp;also familiar with the talks corroborated the Post story, and said&nbsp;that Handler&rsquo;s pact with Netflix is a &ldquo;done deal.&rdquo; Another source, however, cautioned that as of last week the talks were early and that nothing official had been signed.</p>
<p>When&nbsp;<span>Handler appeared on Howard Stern&rsquo;s Sirius XM show in March, she said that after she leaves E! she would be interested in coming to an outlet like Netflix. At the time, Netflix&nbsp;<span>denied it was in talks with the E! late-night host.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>While Netflix currently&nbsp;<span>doesn&rsquo;t have any live programming along the lines of a talk show, the company<span>&nbsp;</span><span>is ramping up its comedy slate.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>The streaming-video giant recently a<span>cquired comedy specials from&nbsp;Aziz Ansari and Russell Peters, signed&nbsp;<span>a deal for a half-hour comedy series&nbsp;<a href="http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/netflix-orders-comedy-series-to-star-jane-fonda-lily-tomlin-1201139040/" rel="nofollow">starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin</a>, and</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;Ricky Gervais' "Derek"&nbsp;</span><a href="http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/netflix-sets-premiere-date-for-ricky-gervais-derek-season-2-1201153460/" rel="nofollow">returns for a second season</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;May 30.</span></p>
<p><span><span>Reps for Handler and Netflix declined to comment.</span></span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3#ixzz30C3vvkNu" >Chelsea Handler Leaving E!, But Has '7 Suitors' Lined Up</a></strong></p>
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Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:55:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p>David Letterman <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/david-letterman-retiring-2014-4" target="_blank">just announced</a> he's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/david-letterman-retirement-announcement-video-2014-4" target="_blank">retiring next year</a> and the rumor mill is already buzzing over who will replace him at the "Late Show."</p>
<p>As of now, there are four main names being tossed around: Craig Ferguson, Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, and Chelsea Handler. Let's see how they stack up.</p>
<p><strong>1. Craig Ferguson</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/533dec476bb3f74d630c755f-845-422/craig-ferguson-david-letterman-1.png" border="0" alt="Craig Ferguson David Letterman" /><br />Longtime "Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson &mdash; whose 12:35 a.m. CBS show immediately follows Letterman's &mdash; reportedly has <a href="http://splitsider.com/2014/04/david-letterman-announced-hes-retiring-in-2015/" target="_blank">right of first refusal</a> in his contract for the "Late Show" gig. However, CBS may have the option to buy him out and hire a different host.</p>
<p>Here's <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DEFDC1E3FF937A35757C0A9649D8B63" target="_blank">how The New York Times' Bill Carter described it</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>[Ferguson's] previous contracts with CBS have included what amounts to a "Prince of Wales" clause, giving Mr. Ferguson the right to inherit the late-night show in the 11:35 p.m. time period should Mr. Letterman decide to leave. (Those clauses have never been ironclad, however, because a network can choose to pay off the deal rather than complete the succession, as Mr. Letterman learned when Mr. Leno was chosen to succeed Mr. Carson in 1992.)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>"Ferguson's CBS contract also expires in 2015, so if CBS opts to buy him out instead of giving him the prestigious 'Late Show,' he could end up leaving the network altogether, leaving the network's 12:35 slot vacant, as well," <a href="http://splitsider.com/2014/04/david-letterman-announced-hes-retiring-in-2015/" target="_blank">reports Splitsider</a>.</p>
<p>But considering "The Late Late Show" is produced by Letterman's Worldwide Pants company, it could be an ideal transition.</p>
<p><strong>2. Stephen Colbert</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/533dec6deab8eacb520c7561-613-306/stephen-colbert-20.png" border="0" alt="Stephen Colbert" width="800" /><br />Entertainment blogger Nikki Finke apparently has <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiFinke" target="_blank">sources who say</a> Stephen Colbert is "the only one on the air currently that CBS is considering."</p>
<p>The report doesn't sound too outlandish, as Colbert's contract with Comedy Central is up at the end of 2014 &mdash; making Letterman's 2015 exit ideal timing.</p>
<p><strong>3. Conan O' Brien</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/533dede3eab8eaaf520c7560-630-314/conan-obrien-4.png" border="0" alt="Conan O'Brien" width="800" /><br />In 1993, Conan O'Brien succeeded David Letterman on NBC's "Late Night" and it worked out well, so why not try again?</p>
<p>After spending the last four years on TBS following an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tonight_Show_conflict" target="_blank">embarrassing firing</a> at NBC's "Tonight Show" in 2010, we're sure Conan would like to take revenge while sitting at Letterman's CBS desk.</p>
<p>The timing could be a bit tricky with Conan's TBS <a href="http://splitsider.com/2013/04/tbs-renews-conan-through-2015/" target="_blank">contract not being up</a> until November 2015, but so far Letterman has only <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/david-letterman-retirement-announcement-video-2014-4" target="_blank">said he will leave</a> "sometime in the not too distant future &mdash; 2015 for the love of god." So there's still plenty of time to figure out the exact details.</p>
<p><strong>4. Chelsea Handler</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/533dece7ecad04250627b032-636-318/chelsea-handler-chelsea-lately.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler Chelsea Lately" width="800" /><br />It is interesting timing that Chelsea Handler <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3" target="_blank">announced earlier this week</a> that she is leaving the E! network but already has seven mysterious "suitors lined up."</p>
<p>The "Chelsea Lately" host will leave E! when her contract expires at the end of 2014, which would make for perfect "Late Show" takeover timing.</p>
<p>One fan who thinks it could actually happen? Chris Rock, who <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.rock.127" target="_blank">posted the news</a> of Letterman's retirement on his private Facebook account, with his bet for a replacement. Look at the last comment.</p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/533ddffa6da81169054e3a59-445-851/screen%20shot%202014-04-03%20at%206.24.18%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chris Rock Letterman Chelsea Handler facebook post" width="800" /></p>
<p>Coincidentally, Letterman's replacement was the <a href="http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/04/spitballing-about-possible-letterman-replacements-its-never-too-soon/360147/" target="_blank">plot line</a> of a three-part "Louie" arc which placed Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld (do it, Jerry!), and Louis C.K. himself as the top contenders.</p>
<p>Other candidates whose contracts are up in 2015 are Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart, but both seem unlikely to quit their day jobs any time soon.</p>
<p>Even Neil Patrick Harris' name is being thrown into the ring. With his hit CBS show "How I Met Your Mother" <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-i-met-your-mother-series-finale-reactions-2014-3" target="_blank">just ending</a> this week and already having proven he can host live Emmy Awards shows for the network &mdash; the timing may be right.</p>
<p>All that being said, our money is on Ellen DeGeneres. She's nice and her interview style is not controversial which would please the conservative CBS, but having a gay woman sitting at a late night desk would be a win for those who agree with Lena Dunham, who <a href="https://twitter.com/lenadunham" target="_blank">tweeted</a>, "<span>I love Letterman but I am really excited about what this could mean for the diversification of late night."</span></p>
<p>Let the games begin!</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/david-letterman-retirement-announcement-video-2014-4#ixzz2xrlcIYyK" >Watch David Letterman Announce His Retirement </a></strong></p>
<p><strong>MORE:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-leaving-e-but-has-7-suitors-lined-up-2014-3#ixzz2xrlRcemF" >Chelsea Handler Leaving E!, But Has '7 Suitors' Lined Up</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:05:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53397d906bb3f7ea03849e30-1200-924/chelsea-handler-3.jpg" border="0" alt="chelsea handler" /></p><p>After eight years as host of late-night talk show "Chelsea Lately" on E!, Chelsea Handler will be leaving the network when her contract is up at the end of the year.</p>
<p>Handler's manager,&nbsp;Irving Azoff, confirms to <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/chelsea-handler-end-e-show-692099" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"Chelsea intends to leave when her contract expires. She hired me to figure out her life after E! We have at least seven suitors and many ideas.&rdquo; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">He adds that Handler may even leave television and head to radio or another digital service.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">E! was less forthcoming in their statement, saying, "<span>Chelsea has nine months left on her contract and E! will not comment on the future of&nbsp;</span><em>Chelsea Lately</em><span>&nbsp;at this time."</span></span></p>
<p>But the exit shouldn't come as a shock to the network. While on Howard Stern's radio show a few weeks ago, Handler called E! "<span>a sad, sad place to live,&rdquo; adding, &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t know what they&rsquo;re doing. They have no ideas. It&rsquo;s a failure.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p>Handler, whose new book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1455599735/?tag=googhydr-20&amp;hvadid=38511227678&amp;hvpos=1t1&amp;hvexid=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=242327043604248557&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvdev=c&amp;ref=pd_sl_3t2wy6tqym_b" target="_blank">Uganda be Kidding Me</a>" is currently No. 1 on the&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;best-seller list, is also in the midst of a lucrative 30-market stand-up tour and feels she is on top of her game.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">The only thing the "Chelsea Lately" host has to lose by leaving E! is her massive paycheck from the late night show.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if anybody&rsquo;s going to pay her as much as E!,&rdquo; one source told THR.</span></p>
<p>Handler reportedly makes $9 million a year&nbsp;<span>while delivering average viewership of 572,000 a night <span>&mdash;</span>&nbsp;a decline in ratings from two years ago.</span></p>
<p><span><span>While ad revenue from the show has also has dropped more than 15% to $134.5 million, Azoff insists "Chelsea Lately"<span>&nbsp;has <span>consistently </span>built on its lead-in and that this year, her show is averaging a 67% increase in viewers over the lead-in.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Handler said on Stern&rsquo;s show that she may want to change mediums to a forum like Netflix, which could be a good move considering her no holds barred sense of humor.</span></span></span></p>
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Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:37:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/531f71046da811eb3262e5c8-1200-600/chelsea-handler-piers-morgan-3.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler Piers Morgan" /></span></p>
<p><span>Talk show hosts Piers Morgan and Chelsea Handler got into an epic blowout&nbsp;</span><span>on "</span><span>Piers Morgan&nbsp;Live" on Monday.</span></p>
<p>After Morgan spent the commercial break tweeting from his phone, noticeably irritated&nbsp;guest Handler slammed Morgan as "a terrible interviewer" and said "maybe that&rsquo;s why your job is coming to an end," about the <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/piers-morgan-says-cnn-show-682688" target="_blank">recently canceled</a>&nbsp;show.</p>
<p><strong>It got ugly. Here's the exchange:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Piers Morgan: "How do you spend your life when you're not working?"</li>
<li>Chelsea Handler: "Well I have to come here and tolerate this nonsense."</li>
<li>PM: "You tweet very amusingly."</li>
<li>CH: "I wish you did. I want your viewers to know that in the middle of the commercial break &mdash; I mean, you can't even pay attention for 60 seconds. You're a terrible interviewer."</li>
<li>PM: "Well, you just weren't keeping my attention."</li>
<li>CH: "That's not my problem, this is your show and you have to pay attention to the guests that you invited on your show."</li>
<li>PM: "If they're interesting enough."</li>
<li>CH: "Listen, it doesn't matter how interesting I am, you signed up for this job."</li>
<li>PM: "Of course it does!"</li>
<li>CH: "Well maybe that's why your job is coming to an end."</li>
</ul>
<p>See how Piers Morgan reacted below. The whole thing is seriously uncomfortable.</p>
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Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:34:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/530ba1cbecad04e933920fe2-480-/chelsea-handler-5.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler" width="480" /></p><p>Chelsea Handler is furious after&nbsp;Bill Carter wrote an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/arts/television/nbc-hopes-jimmy-fallon-brings-younger-viewers-to-tonight.html?_r=0" target="_blank">article for the New York Times</a> about Jimmy Fallon&rsquo;s &ldquo;Tonight Show&rdquo; and placed her existence inside parentheses.</p>
<p>In the article titled "Bullish On Boyish," Carter discusses how&nbsp;<span>NBC hopes Jimmy Fallon will bring younger viewers to "Tonight." Chelsea Handler, host of "Chelsea Lately" on E! for the past six-plus years, is mentioned just once throughout the lengthy piece.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span><span>Even with potent competition for younger viewers all over cable, from the likes of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central and Mr. O&rsquo;Brien on TBS, the host NBC is clearly most concerned about is Mr. Kimmel, who is 46. (The only female host in late-night is Chelsea Handler, 38, on E!)&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Handler did&nbsp;<em>not</em> appreciate being placed inside those parentheses.</span></span></p>
<p><span>In response, the late-night host wrote an essay for The Huffington Post, titled <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chelsea-handler/no-one-puts-baby-in-paren_b_4830076.html" target="_blank">"No One Puts Baby In Parentheses."</a></span></p>
<p><span><span>"</span><span>I am always asked what it's like to be the only female in a so-called "boys club," she begins. "T<span>o me, it's never been about being a woman in a man's world; it's been about delivering a consistently funny and entertaining show each night."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>But, she says, that all changed when&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">"this past Sunday I was referenced in a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">New York Times</span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/arts/television/nbc-hopes-jimmy-fallon-brings-younger-viewers-to-tonight.html?_r=0" target="_hplink">&nbsp;piece</a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;about Jimmy Fallon and his taking over of the '</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Tonight Show</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">.'"</span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span>"I obviously didn't expect or want to be a focal point of the piece," she states, "What bothered me was that when I was listed in a paragraph with the late-night hosts, I was the only name put in parentheses."</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>"I wanted to confirm what a parenthetical suggests, so I looked up the definition. The first few definitions that came up were: incidental, subordinate in significance, minor or casual."</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span>"The particular paragraph I was mentioned in was about the competition Jimmy faces for younger viewers," and as Handler points out, "Depending upon whose research you look at, I share the distinction of having the youngest average viewership with Colbert, '</span>The Daily Show'&nbsp;<span>and Conan. So from a purely statistical standpoint how, in this paragraph, could I only be mentioned as an aside? Was it because I'm a woman?"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Handler explained that she wanted to speak up about the issue because "it would be a disservice to all of the hard working women in entertainment, including Joan Rivers, who was the first woman to have her own late night show. Not to mention how this minimizes the efforts of the 100+ staff members who work hard on my show every day."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">At the end of the day, Handler says, "</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">This isn't about Bill Carter. This is about being noted as a parenthetical, reaffirming what I feel has been an underlying, yet consistent inconsistency with how I am handled as the only woman in a traditionally male field."</span></p>
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Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:48:00 -0400Leah Goldman
<p>In May, Robbie Rogers became the first openly-gay soccer player to play in MLS when he rejoined the L.A. Galaxy after taking some time off.</p>
<p>Rogers announced that he was gay and that he would be retiring from soccer in February, but after some time off realized he had support from the soccer community.</p>
<p>Thursday night, Rogers went on Chelsea Lately and talked about how he decided to come out publicly on Facebook, what it's like being back in the locker room, and why he thinks gay Olympic athletes should not protest the winter games in Russia. Rogers played in the Beijing Olympics and says it's an experience no one should pass up. (Video via <a href="http://americansoccernow.com/articles/robbie-rogers-opens-up-on-chelsea-lately">American Soccer Now</a>, Olympic talk starts at the 1:50 mark):</p>
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Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:32:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p>Lindsay Lohan filled in for Chelsea Handler and hosted Monday night's "Chelsea Lately" on E!</p>
<p>"As you all know, for the past 90 days I've been on a lovely court-ordered vacation in Malibu," the actress joked while opening her monologue.</p>
<p>"I've been through a lot lately and I have a lot of people to thank for that," she continued. "Most notably the celebrities who kept the tabloid industry alive in my absence."</p>
<p>Like Kanye West for "acting like a baby and making a baby" and Justin Bieber for "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/justin-bieber-pees-into-mop-bucket-video-2013-7" target="_blank">peeing where you shouldn't</a>, spitting where you shouldn't and wearing your pants where you shouldn't."</p>
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Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:37:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p>Lindsay Lohan is&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/lindsay-lohan-leaves-rehab-photos-2013-7" target="_blank">not even a week out</a> of her three month stint in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/lindsay-lohan-packing-for-rehab-stay-2013-5" target="_blank">court-ordered rehab</a> but she's already back in the public eye, taking over for Chelsea Handler as host of Monday night's "Chelsea Lately" late night talk show on E!.</p>
<p>The 27-year-old actress seems on her game, and even disses One Direction star Harry Styles.</p>
<p>Watch Lohan try her chops at leading the round table discussion to open the pre-taped show:</p>
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Mon, 06 May 2013 16:11:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/51880995eab8eaf23100001a-400-300/chuy-bravo-chelsea-lately-2.png" border="0" alt="Chuy Bravo Chelsea Lately" width="400" height="300" />Chuy</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;Bravo is famous for being the 4-foot-tall sidekick to&nbsp;Chelsea Handler&nbsp;on her E! late night talk show, "Chelsea Lately."</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Handler often refers to Chuy as her "little nugget," but the dwarf says he doesn't let his small stature change the way he lives -- even at home.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"Despite being the little nugget that I am, I live in a regular-size home," he tells the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323789704578443273909670286.html?mod=WSJ_RealEstate_MansionWeekly" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>.</span></p>
<p><span>But, he does have to make a few changes:</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Kitchen:</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I have a huge kitchen with a ton of cabinets&mdash;which usually is a good selling point&mdash;but I can only reach 12 out of 25."</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">"I have a case of water under my sink, and my plates and cups are kept in the lower cabinet next to my stove."</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Living Room:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I don't have lowered light switches or anything; in fact, I have to use extenders so I can open and close my blinds."</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.5em;">"I have a giant couch&mdash;and not just giant to me. It fits about eight regular-size people."</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Gym:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I turned my spare bedroom into a little gym.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Most of the time it ends up as a parking lot for my scooters while they are charging."</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Bedroom:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"Some might expect my bed to be on the floor but, you know, my lady friends would not like that. I have a regular-size bed that is way too big for me and a cute little step so I can get up on it."</span></li>
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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:45:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p>Today, 38-year-old Chelsea Handler is the host of late-night talk show <a href="http://www.eonline.com/shows/chelsea/bio" target="_blank">"Chelsea Lately,"</a> a <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/new-york-times">New York Times</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-You-There-Vodka-Chelsea/dp/B005GNKNAI" target="_blank">best-selling author</a>, <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/14/chelsea-handler-comedy-tou/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ew%2Fhollywoodinsider+%28Entertainment+Weekly%2FEW.com%27s%3A+Hollywood+Insider%29" target="_blank">stand-up comedian</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1314546/#Actress" target="_blank">movie actress</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1314546/#Producer" target="_blank">TV producer</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Here she is looking better than ever at last week's&nbsp;E! upfronts in New York City:</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/517ad99369bedd9878000006-620-/screen%20shot%202013-04-26%20at%203.45.39%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler" width="620" /></p>
<p><strong>But just three years ago in 2010, Handler's preferred accessory was a cocktail at the&nbsp;"Chelsea Chelsea&nbsp;Bang Bang" book launch party in Beverly Hills:</strong></p>
<p><strong><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/517ae10a6bb3f7fb26000000-1105-880/screen%20shot%202013-04-26%20at%204.17.28%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler 2010" width="620" /></strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">In 2008, she appeared more modestly dressed at the "<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Keeping Up with the Kardashians" wrap party:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/517ae00669bedd8008000017-603-889/screen%20shot%202013-04-26%20at%204.13.11%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler 2008" width="620" /></strong></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Handler rocked a newscaster-cut in 2007, the year "Chelsea lately" launched on E!:</strong></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/517ae484eab8ea576200000d-600-861/screen%20shot%202013-04-26%20at%204.32.07%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Lately 2007" width="620" /><br /></strong></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">In 2006, 31-year-old Handler attended the the Las Vegas premiere of "<strong>National Lampoon's Cattle Call" flanked between actors&nbsp;<strong>Thomas Ian Nicholas and Jenny Mollen:</strong></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/517adf91eab8ea5e55000012-1227-896/screen%20shot%202013-04-26%20at%204.11.11%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler 2006" width="620" /><br /></strong></p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">In 2005, Handler dressed sweetly for the "Rock the Cure" event in Los Angeles:</strong></p>
<p><strong><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/517adef76bb3f74a1e000008-565-877/screen%20shot%202013-04-26%20at%204.08.44%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler 2005" width="620" /></strong></p>
<p><strong>In 2004 at age 29, Handler starred on Oxygen's "Girls Behaving Badly":</strong></p>
<p><strong><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/517ade69eab8ea4c52000022-349-497/screen%20shot%202013-04-26%20at%204.00.19%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler Girls Behaving Badly 2004" width="620" /></strong></p>
<p><strong>And just yesterday Handler <a href="https://twitter.com/chelseahandler" target="_blank">tweeted this photo</a>&nbsp;of herself as a kid to her nearly 5.4 million followers with the caption "Jersey Sisters," in homage to her hometown:</strong></p>
<p><strong><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/517ae046eab8ea945a000004-913-726/screen%20shot%202013-04-26%20at%203.34.16%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Chelsea Handler as a kid" width="620" /><br /></strong></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chelsea-handler-defends-reese-witherspoons-arrest-2013-4" >Chelsea Handler defends Reese Witherspoon's arrest: "It's not a big deal"</a></strong></p>
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